Congress enacted the principal money laundering statutes in 1986. 18 U.S.C. 1956 and 1957 criminalize financial and monetary transactions with proceeds of underlying criminal activity. These statutes make money laundering a crime in and of itself. Thus, not only can

The U.S. government has a plethora of criminal statutes designed to curb the illicit transfer of funds and the flow of money in the underground economy. Federal law enforcement officers can investigate unlicensed money transmitting businesses (i.e. hawala) pursuant to

The Justice Department announced on July 6, 2011 the unsealing of a criminal information, charging four defendants – Louis Gendason, 42, of Delray Beach, Fla.; Kimberly Mackey, 46, of Pittsburgh; John Incandela, 24, and Marcos Echevarria, 29, both of Palm